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The New York Times is reporting that Twitter plans to update its mobile apps with Instagram-like photo filters in the coming months. The goal is to get Twitter users to bypass Instagram entirely, instead of sharing Instagram photos out to Twitter. But if the plan is real, it's a waste...

www.engadget.com

We knew good and well it was coming, and come it has: Twitter has begun its all-out assault on Instagram (and in turn, Facebook) by including its own set of (free) photo filters. As of now, just the Android version has been updated with the new lenses, but we're...

allthingsd.com

Facebook already holds loads of our photos — and by loads, I mean an average of more than 250 million photos uploaded each day. But now it really wants to be your main photo album, by allowing full-screen viewing of high-resolution photos on its Web site. The social networking giant...

www.washingtonpost.com

Twitter announced Monday that it was stepping into the photo-sharing business with a new editing tool that allows mobile photographers to enhance, crop and apply filters to their snaps. It's a direct shot against Instagram -- formerly a close Twitter partner. The two companies have hit a rough patch since...

techcrunch.com

Sincerely, the maker of mobile apps that let you send your photos as print postcards, is pushing out a new version of its Sincerely Ink app today. The main change is that the theme now features Valentine’s Day cards, instead of other themes like Birthdays or New Year’s. Not huge...

techcrunch.com

The more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s 2013, over 20 years since Adobe first released Photoshop for the Macintosh, and here I am writing about a simple, yet seductive, photo editing app. Repix, available for iOS, lets you “remix” photos by painting various effects over the...

gigaom.com

Snapseed, one of the highest rated apps in Apple’s iTunes Store, launches for Android devices on Thursday. Google purchased Nik Software, the development company behind Snapseed, early this year, which may have pushed along support for the app. The free editor has long been an iOS favorite, mainly due to...

venturebeat.com

Early Instagram competitor PicPlz has notified its users that the service will be shutting down indefinitely within a month. The site made the announcement on its blog Friday, and followed up with an email to all users today. In it, the message reads, “It has been a pleasure bringing...

9to5mac.com

Twitter announced yesterday that it is bringing Instagram-like photo filters to its iOS application, and now the features are live. Twitter just updated the iOS app to version 5.2, and the full change log includes: Apply one of eight different filters to instantly add a new look and feel to your...

thenextweb.com

Since debuting on the iPad back in May, Snap, a mobile photography magazine created by Instagram competitor Hipstamatic, is launching on the iPhone and Web to expand its potential readership. As we previously explained, Snap isn’t just a giant gallery of vintage-inspired images; it’s a monthly culture and lifestyle magazine that explores artists,...

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From an app development standpoint, RIM (RIMM) needs all of the world’s most popular smartphone apps its can get for its next-gen BlackBerry 10 platform. Beyond native Facebook (FB) and Twitter apps, it needs apps that have massive communities such as Instagram that are already outpacing Twitter in terms of daily...

techcrunch.com

Maybe Twitter has just had too many other things on its mind lately — like building its own Instagram-busting photo filters perhaps? Whatever the reason, it’s got into a spot of hot water in the U.K. after failing to file its business accounts on time with local Registrar of Companies, Companies House....

www.businessinsider.com

If you haven't heard of Aviary yet, you will soon. That's because the New York-based startup, backed by millions of dollars from Jeff Bezos's personal investment vehicle, Bezos Expeditions, is helping both Twitter and Flickr catch up with Instagram. Twitter, in an attempt to get its users to post photos...

venturebeat.com

Fashion-forward types seem infatuated with photographing their outfits. You can scoff at the practice all you want, but the overwhelming number of fashion blogs tells us that sharing outfits is popular, especially in a world with Instagram. Cloth, an iOS app available since last December, goes a step further and catalogs...

gigaom.com

While Google+ might not exactly have reached viral adoption yet, the platform and layout have been popular among the photographer community, and on Monday mobile photographers will get some added features with the launch of updated apps, including photo filters and editing on iOS. Within the last year, photo filters and editing...

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venturebeat.com

Twitter’s expanded tweets party is minus one VIP guest, but several other social services seem eager to make an appearance. Yahoo owned Flickr, alongside the release of a brand new app for iPhone, threw in support for Twitter Cards this morning, bringing its newly filtered captures to tweets near...

www.fastcompany.com

News updates all day from Fast Company. Personal social network Path has added a few features in version 2.5 of its sharing app. Among those, the photo feature has been updated with filters, and Path has slapped on a bigger, better display in which to enjoy them. Invites to friends...

blog.twitter.com

Every day, millions of people come to Twitter to connect with the things they care about and find out what’s happening around the world. As one of the most compelling forms of self-expression, photos have long been an important part of these experiences. Starting today, you’ll be able to edit...

www.theverge.com

Google is today refreshing its Google+ mobile apps across both iOS and Android. On the iPhone side, the company is finally leveraging its acquisition of Snapseed. Photo filters and minor enhancements (contrast, brightness, etc) have been brought over to iOS, though you'll still need to turn to the standalone...

www.theverge.com

Yahoo has released version 2.0 of its iPhone Flickr client, which features a new UI and Instagram-like photo filters. The update incorporates many of the features web users are accustomed to, including photo editing powered by Aviary and "Groups," a big part of Flickr's social discovery and sharing system...

venturebeat.com

Yahoo’s been busy. Just a day after releasing slick new email apps for iOS and other platforms, Yahoo has updated its Flickr app for iPhone with Instagram-like filters, an easier sign-up process, and more. There’s no doubt the once promising Flickr photo-sharing service languished after being purchased by Yahoo....

appleinsider.com

Path on Wednesday released version 3.0 of its iOS app, bringing one-to-one and group messaging as well as an in-app store called The Shop, which offers access to "stickers" and special photo filters....

readwrite.com

In the most shocking coincidence in all tech history, Twitter updated its apps with its rumored photo filters on the same day that Instagram 3.2 came out with an improved camera and new filters. This is really boring news. There is only one thing that's interesting about the Blurry Photo...

thenextweb.com

The free photo filter app FilterMania 2 was downloaded 1 million times in the 6 days that followed its launch, its developer Dropico Mobile announced today. Over the last few days, more than 22 million filters have been downloaded. This made it the second most popular free photography app in the...

www.businessinsider.com

Instagram has pulled the plug on Twitter and will no longer let you display your photos in your Twitter stream. TechCrunch was the first to pick up the change and AllThingsD confirmed it with Facebook. (Facebook owns Instagram.) A quick glance at our own feed shows that links to Instagram...